-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-


 RJT> There are fewer and fewer slots all the time,  it seems,  particularly
 RJT> when you have a MB with lots of "stuff" on it.  And as
far as disabling
 RJT> it goes,  that may or may not always work.  
 
Saw a Gigabyte board on the net with every imaginable port
and it had either 5 or six available slots, supported _4_
Gig of RAM and I believe a 4 Gig intel processor!!!
These are shop or home built computers and not something
you'll find at a retail outlet.
This board with processor IS available at www.pricewatch.com
NOW in bare bones configuration and you add the goodies
as your desire or compulsion dictates.
SCSI and EIDE support as well also on the board.

 JJT> I can still remember a few
 RJT> years back how this guy I knew had a 386 MB that had a bad problem in
 RJT> the IDE part.  He could disable it in CMOS,  but it still wouldn't let
 RJT> him plug in another "paddle card" to use instead.  That MB was of
 RJT> _very_ limited usefulness after that.  If you can't take it out...

I suspect an EideMax  or Pro card would have worked fine there 
as in stock configuration it takes over from the existing controller.

 
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